Ansis Nudiens

Film & Education

EDCI 5784
Final Project
Jewish Cinema
Purpose:
To use ilms on !istor" o #e$is! communities to e%plain t!e di&erse cultural !erita'e o
pre( )olocaust Europe* $it! an emp!asis on Eastern Europe+ ,ore e%planation on t!e purposes
!ere http://ansisn.wordpress.com/2014/04/08/ebreju-kino-jewish-cinema-fe-6/
End(Product:
I created a time line !ttp:--tin"url+com-ptu!".m listin' mo&ies* t!at I /elie&e* are useul in
classroom* to educate students on issues related to anti ( 0emitism* cultural di&ersit"* and
relations!ips /et$een #e$is! and non ( #e$is! communities+ T!is time line $as de&eloped usin'
$e/ 1+2 tool !ttp:--$$$+c!rono3oom+com + T!ere are ten mo&ies included on t!is time line*
arran'ed /" t!e "ear o production+ For eac! mo&ie t!ere is pro&ided a s!ort description and list o
t!emes t!at mi'!t /e ound in t!ese mo&ies+ As $ell or eac! mo&ie t!ere is attac!ed a clip 4s!orter
or lon'er5* t!at mi'!t /e used in classroom addressin' a/o&e mentioned issues+ In addition* t!e clip
or mo&ie Yentl 40treisand* 67885 !elps to understand not onl" issues on cultural di&ersit" and
liest"le in #e$is! communit"* /ut also pa" attention to $omen role in #e$is! communit"+
T!is list o mo&ies* pro&ided on 'i&en time line is not complete and s!ould /e updated+ T!ere are
e$ set/ac9s t!at aected to ma9e t!is list more complete ( a5 t!ere are man"* recentl" produced
mo&ies dedicated to e&ents in Europe durin' t!e )olocaust* t!us not meetin' t!e criterion o
selection 4more on t!ose criteria please see !ere: http://ansisn.wordpress.com/2014/04/08/ebreju-
kino-jewish-cinema-fe-6/5: /5 t!ere is ric! tradition on #e$is! cinema durin' t!e 12;s and 82;s* /ot!
mo&ies produced in t!e )oll"$ood and Polis! ( <iddis! cinema tradition+ T!ese mo&ies $ould
meet perectl" t!e criteria o selection+ )o$e&er* t!ese mo&ies are eit!er lost or /ein' remastered
and t!us not t!at eas" to access+
Application in classroom:
=I0C standards 4=alsts I3'l>t>/as 0atura Centrs ( National Center or Content o Education5*
or middle sc!ool issued in 1266* and or secondar" sc!ool issued in 1228* states t!at cultural
di&ersit" and !istor" o national minorities in ?at&ia is part o national cultural and !istorical
!erita'e+ T!us it s!ould /e address in !istor" lessons on 7t! and 61t! 'rades+ T!ese issues are also
included in centrali3ed state !istor" e%ams* inis!in' 7t! and 61t! 'rades+
First* 'i&en mo&ies ma" pro&ide an alternate &ie$ on occupations o #e$is! communities in
Eastern Europe* /ra9in' stereot"pes on #e$is! people /ein' placed in strictl" ur/an setin'+
)o$e&er* it s!ould /e ta9en into account t!at t!ese mo&ies !a&e /een produced /" people $!o
mi'!t /e inluenced /" ot!er t"pe o perspecti&e* t!us constructin' ot!er prejudices+
0econd* t!ese mo&ies ma" /e used discussin' $orld &ie$ o Eastern European #e$is!
people $!ic! is strictl" inluenced /" #udaism and studies o Talmud and T!ora+ 0o* t!ese mo&ies
ma" start a con&ersation* as9in' suc! @uestions: a5 what is the role of traditions? /5 why religion is
so important? c5 does the religion influence the roles in society?
T!ird* t!ese mo&ies ma" !elp discussin' some tou'! moral issues* suc! as position one
mi'!t ta9e $it!in relations!ip $it! an occupation re'ime* $!et!er it is colla/oration* resistance* or
/"(stander;s position+ For e%ample* in t!e mo&ie Inglorious Basterds 4Tarantino* 12275: what
motives lead Mr. LaPettite to hide Jewish family in rural France and what was the motives that
made him to changes his minds? !ow to e"plain this from the moral point of view?